his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too. we

obama does reverend. your father is a mythic figure. kind of like you might compare to mandela or gandhi, a great freedom fighter. now in reality, barack obama was not bad. he was either philandering at harvard or driving drunk in kenya. he ultimately killed a man in a truck driving accident. so this is not the real barack obama senior. but this is the idea cultivated in obama's mind. interest only when obama got older, he realized that his dad was not like that. his sister told him, where he revering this great data bars? he actually was not the guy you think he was and obama has sort of a crisis. one of the pivotal themes in our film is when obama goes to his father's grave. .. in not going to find madison and jefferson on mentalist. these are the guys that obama sought out. did not pump into the ministry. it's quite a group. in hawaii the former communist frank marshall davis. at columbia the palestinian radical, a member of the palestine national council described by commentary magazine is a professor

barack obama has been and, obama's sister not including his immediate family. this is his closest living relative and as we speak she is selling coal on the streets of a small village in kenya. she has no teeth and wants to get dentures but doesn't have the money. obama hasn't contributed a penny to help her either. in 2006 obama winds to his hometown where his father grew up at the local school there and they were so excited they were coming they renamed the school of barack obama school. obama toured the school with all kinds of celebrities and the prime minister of kenya and obama said i'm going to help the school. i'm going to provide books and facilities. you don't have sanitation and you don't have proper water supplies. i'm going to look out for you. since then the school has send multiple requests and letters and reminders with absolutely no help forthcoming from obama. once again the simple explanation is we are just dealing with a guy who doesn't live by his own standards, but i want to suggest there is actually a deeper mystery than that. something e

president obama. president obama understands women.ried on every single issue that matters to us, he stands for women. president obama ensures that women's health care will be covered with snow cope in a matter where we work. [applause] because of president obama, soon, women will not be denied insurance coverage because we have had breast cancer or survive sexual assault. and, we know lager will have to pay more than men for the exact same health insurance. thanks to president obama, being a woman is no longer a pre- existing condition in america. [applause] that is right. back in texas, that's it -- back in texas, back in texas, we say, you dance with them is to run you. president obama brought women into this place and we are staying with them all from november. -- with him all throughout november. 24 years ago, my mother, the former texas governor -- [applause] thank you. she reminded us how far we have come. and that there was a time when both cabinets drank from separate water fountains. when kids were punished for speaking spani

obama recently in david maraniss's book about obama he names a girl who dated obama, claims she was the girlfriend that obama refers to in his own book but their stories don't match. when meredith went to obama obama said i had lots of girlfriends which is interesting because none of them have come ford. no journalist has interviewed many of them. this is a man with many black holes in his biography. i think this is the result -- when we were doing our film we would be in hawaii and indonesia and talked to people related to the obamas and knew his dad and his mom and a new young obama and i asked when rio interviewed and we have never been interviewed. no one has been down here so incredibly this is the biggest story in america and being truly uncovered in the mainstream press. it is a little bit of the scandal and not good for our democratic politics. not just the liberal media. the liberal media was tough on clinton and carter. there's another factor going on that leads people in the press not only to not cover obama but when incriminating information surfaces to try to squelch it can

obama did. that was a hard-fought race. and this is still quite a psycho drama between the two men. politics, politicos and reporters picking over every sign of any sort of a crack in their solid relationship, that they'd like to portray. but right tonight, we're expecting a very strong endorsement for barack obama and his economic principles from the former president bill clinton. >> let's head across the arena now, jake, to jon karl. jon, look around, tell us about the delegates around you. and tell us what you think the most important thing bill clinton has to do tonight for them. >> well, i'll tell you i've been talking to a lot of the delegates around here. and one the things i've heard over and over again is about that primary four years ago. it's ancient history. it's something that somebody who worked very hard for hillary clinton told me. now, we're all on board. you can see phenomenal dress down here. these delegates are fired up, diane. i've got to tell you, they are fired. there's no

obama's record or his own. joining me now from charlotte to analyze bernard whitman a former pollster for president bill clinton and the author of the new book "52 reasons to vote for obama." let's talk about if this in fact is what team obama is reduced to. they can't run on their own economy so they are essentially saying pay no attention to the obama economy, but check out the clinton economy from 20 years ago. is that about right? >> monica, no surprise. i completely disagree with you. we don't hide from our presidents, we showcase them there is a reason for that the fact is bill clinton in addition to remaining incredibly popular both men and women, whites, people of color, across all age groups, a lot of the republicans, a lot of independents, a lot of moderates like him a lot. they liked his economic record which created 26 million jobs and they understood that bill clinton's vision of shared prosperity is the same vision that barack obama has which is why barack obama is trying to get back to the clinto

bill clinton makes the case for barack obama's reelection better than barack obama does.the best simplifier and best explainer in the business. and he just knocked down republican policy points from a democratic perspective. and he built the case for barack obama. he said... look. no president, not me, no other president could have gotten us out of this hole in just four years. and i thought waits very effective, kind of long speech. >> kind of long but that is always a little bit kind of long. amy? >> well, he said no president, none of-none of my predecessor koz have undid damage in just four years. he said he believed witness all of his heart. a agree if barack obama had sat down to write the speech he wanted bill clinton to deliver to endors him, he wouldn't have written a better one. he went over every republican tack rebutting nem detail. he also told these democrats in this hall and kept referring to people watching at home that these where the same economic policies he governed with just in a different set of circumstances. he said i remember when they didn't, vot

president obama leading the way. and when the lobbyists were closing in for the kill, barack obama squared his shoulders, planted his feet and stood firm and that is how we won. [ cheers and applause ] >> by the way, just a few weeks ago, that little agency caught one of the biggest credit card companies cheating its customers and made it give people back every penny it took, plus millions of dollars -- [ cheers and applause ] >> president obama beliefs in a level playing field. he believes in a country where nobody gets a free ride or a golden parachute, a country where anyone who has a great idea and rolls up their sleeves has a chance to build a business and anyone who works hard can build some security and raise a family. president obama believes in a country where billionaires pay their taxes just like their secretaries do. and i can't believe i have to say this in 2012. a country where women get equal pay for equal work. he believes in a country where everyone is held accountable, where no one can -- on main st

this is not the real barack obama but this was cultivated in obama's mind. and his dad was not like that. and this great dad of ours was not the guy you think he was and obama has a crisis. one of the pivotal scenes in our film is when obama sort of reconciles with his father and as in -- sir of accepting his father with all his flaws and flatly rejecting him and what he does is splits the difference. he divides his father into two. good father and bad father and he says i will not be like my father as a man. i am not going to copy his personality. i am going to take his dream. i will adopt his ideals and make them mine and carry them out. this is barack obama's if you will anti colonial dream. interestingly throughout his life obama sought out a bunch of guys, obama founding fathers. you won't find madison and jefferson on that list. these are the guys obama sought out. to and from into them on the street. it is quite a group. in hawaii the former communist frank marshall davis colombia bloggers land and member of the palestine national council described by

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he framed obama's willingness to compromise in the most personal of ways. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. >> heck. >> that was so vintage bill clinton. that obviously was by far the highlight so far. earlier, the way that the day started was not so good. it was pretty awful, even chaotic for the democrats. they tried to fix an error that they realized they made politically by taking out the word god from the plot form and taking out the concept of jerusalem as israel capital. they changed it but they did it in a way that they had to have a voice vote to do so. and the chair of the convention, mayor villaraigosa had to go it three times to be able to say i think we have pictures of this, that there was a two-thirds majority. i was standing there, john during this awkward moment. there was booing actual booing in the room. there were not a lot of people who were happy about that. >> this was a moment of chaos and completely unforced error for the democrats and one they cleaned

his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too.

michelle obama is most important. two most popular figures in the democratic party are michelle obama and bill clinton. it's no cept the surprise one id tonight and one is tomorrow night. i think it's important to communicate. it's been an advantage the president has and it's had over governor romney throughout this campaign, even inspite of the abc poll, until i see further evidence will consider a bit of anouan outlier and the presidens better liked than governor romney. and romney's own people, they will never be competitive at that level with president obama. if they're going to win this race, they have to win it onç other issues,ç the economy and his perceived confidence in business. >> woodruff: what about the most of the mayor of san antonio, not a national name, chosen to give the keynote address. >> there was a state governor from illinois more strings than castro just eight years ago. i think it highlights not the importance over sang tony or even the great state of texas of latinos and hispanic voters in

obama. you know, we had a very difficult moment in 2008. it was two wonderful incredible candidates fighting against each other, they came together and they're still together and tonight bill clinton once again validated president obama as someone who is up to the job and getting america back on -- >> they're not hanging out tonight having a beer together. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe, as you know. >> i agree, i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. he told a story in that clip. all the problems were caused by the republicans for the last eight years, it was bill clinton that signed financial deregulati deregulation. it was democrats who stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac which helped create the mortgage crisis. so he told a great story. the problem is, he used some facts that helped him, and ignored some facts that didn't help him, it was vintage clinton, it was great to watch. it was a great story

obama has a bad ee economy. we. >> charlie:we can included with frank how paid media is shape thg campaign. >> the truth is this election is going to be can decided by the main stream, people dead center who believe in a right of center economic approach and leave us alone on social issues. they're closer to barack obama on social and closer to mitt romney on economic issues. so they're torn. >> there's a difference betweend actually said, i don't care. i will follow this on election day that's it. the problem is neither candidate is speaking to them in the way they want to be spoken to or talking to them, the words that they want to hear. >> charlie:march inas balances and tee i don't know and frank when we continue. >> funding provided by the following. >> charlie:additionalg provided by that's funders: >> c captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. the special edition of charlie rose. >> this evening we continue our coverage of the democratic national

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and then pivots to barack obama. so the obama campaign really playing up the clinton speech. i think the romney campaign if they wind up losing will look back three months and say what a that is it was to build up bill clinton as this truth sayer for the republican party to say, oh, barack obama's in the like bill clinton. the problem is bill clinton's alive and he can speak for himself. it's not the same as democrats trying to invoke ronald reagan. if reagan was alive, he would probably make the case for mitt romney, but chin linton can make case for himself. >> and it also doesn't help the republican cause that he is undeniably the most popular living politician there is. thank you, sir. appreciate your saturday work. we'll talk to you later today. >>> new poll numbers show one presidential candidate is gaining ground on the issue for voters. the economy. it's the economy, stupid. details on that straight ahead. and a little bit later, you will never get who this is. here's a hint. she spoke at the dnc in charlotte last week. she did not have that hair to then, though. you'

president obama is giving to time magazine. i want a reaction it is an interesting point of rhetoric and a point that republicans hit him on. >> so my expectation is there will be popping of the blister after the election because it would be a stark choice. where republicans refuse to cooperate on things that i know are good for the american people i will continue to look for ways to do it administratively and work around congress. it appears that the president has an attitude if i can't work with congress, i will ignore them and the constitutional balance of three equal branches was government and do it anyway. iment you to respond to that tactic of saying it is their fault and how does he make that. i continue is it a long question. i am asking the kind you ask me, chris when i am on your show. but the other part of that. how does he convince it is congress's fault when democrats are running the senate who will not let anything through anyway? >> in answer to rour little barb. stipes the questions are more interesting than th

starting with michelle obama before the him, and bill clinton himself and his vintage form, i think obama took the baton and ran the last leg and did so with oratorical flourish. >> it certainly is not the sports like assessment that i just heard from the good doctor. we have been saying for some time obama is not the lesser of evils, but the more effective evil. we base that on his record and on his rhetoric at the convention. we prefer to talk about what history making events have gone down under his presidency. first of all, he has created a model for austerity a veritable model with his deficit reduction commission. his introduced preventive detention, a law for preventive detention and expanded drone wars and made an unremitting assault. i think possibly the biggest impact to his presidency, and not talking about all of this like an eerie stuff from the convention, but probably what will go down as his biggest contribution to history is a kind of merging of the banks and the state with $16 trillion being infused into these banks, and to wall street under his watch. and the line betwe

the anti-american communist dictator hew voe chavez calls barack obama comrade obama and believes president obama is to the left of himself and fidel castro. that's the issue summary. these are the the facts. now the question. when fidel castro hailed the passage of obama care as a miracle, do you think this is because he is honestly concerned with the well-being of americans or is it more likely that cost troe sees obama care as the fastest way to bring socialism to america? what do you think? how much danger do you think liberty is in as a result of president obama's policies, actions and agenda for america's future? it's how much. you have to quantity fie this. it could be all of these. more serious than the threats we faced in world war ii from naz si germany and the japanese because the attack on liberty today is from our own government. that's one choice. or, more serious than the threat we face from the soviet union during the cold war. or all of the above. or serious but not as serious as the threats to liberty listed above. for all the communist pollsters, that's one of the choices

i have supported obama. i did not vote for him but i supported him and hoped he would make a change for america. and he did not. and he has said for years ago if he could not make a change, he would not run again. and he is running again. i would hope that mitt romney could make a difference. and that is what i'm going to both for and what i am hoping for. >> thank you. here is a tweet -- next up is a comment from norris in memphis, tennessee, who supports the president. >> i would like to say that everybody is talking about what obama could do and everything in four years. look what -- clinton straighten out the deficit in two terms. then bush comes in and mess up a in one and then they reelected him and put them back in there and he did worse than that. --y expect obama for weren't for one term of the green of the mess he did not do. i do not understand what is wrong with the people. give the man a chance. to me he has done a lot compared to what bush did. it took a shorter time to mess up and lager to str

obama spoke elkently about it. if there's a greater responsibility we have, to bring solvency again to this government and this nation, i don't know what it is. >> ifill: by the way, the president we're told was watching this speech tonight at the white house with the daughters. no dramatic reveal at the end. now to ray suarez on the floor where all that red meat landed. >> you know, gwen, they gaveled this thing open in a half empty hall. by the time the first lady walked on to the stage, there wasn't room for another body in this arena but there was one funny moment before the speech began. the marshals moved throughout the aisles handing out "we love michelle" signs when the house lights were down and they were showing the biographical video. and as it moved to its finale, the assumption was that the next person out on the stage was going to be the first lady herself. so when the final frame faded to black, a woman walked out on stage, thousands of people leapt to their feet, and inhaled as it to begin shouting,

obama 250,000, romney zero.linton last night touting president obama's bailout of the auto industry. many of those jobs are found in the key battleground state of ohio. a new poll shows president obama losing his lead in ohio putting governor romney three points ahead now. the "real clear politics" polling average factors in the new numbers, the race now a virtual tie with president obama less than a point ahead in this polling average. in the national head-to-head contest rcp has the candidates tied dead even 46.7% each. shane deapril is the editor of "campaigns and elections magazine." has that 3-point lead for mitt romney in ohio in that one poll, if that holds, if it's accurate it is absolutely huge, isn't it? >> yeah, there is no doubt, jon. i think given the importance of ohio and its 18 electoral votes for mitt romney any positive polling news out of that state is good news for the romney campaign. i think under scoring that is the fact that ohio presents some challenges that perhaps other battle grounds

obama. you know, this is just like a relay and you start off with the fastest person. >> now, of course, you're also going to hear from the mayor of san antonio, rising star within the democratic party. one of the key swing votes in this election, larry. >> john, can you ever remember a time -- i can't, when the two wives gave major prime time speeches? this is really something new, isn't it? >> i think it is, larry. and i think it has to do with the collapse of trust and authority and political figures in both parties. so these guys, both mitt romney and barack obama need a lift from their wives who soften their image, are much more popular, have much higher approval ratings. this is because public regard for washington, for people in elected office, for leaders of both parties is at a record low. >> all right. terrific stuff. many thanks, cnbc's john harwood. before i bring in my next guest, i want to play some tape. back at the dnc convention in 2008, archer davis seconding barack obama's

obama's record or his own? those reports upcoming. >> in the campaign 2012 segment tonight, president obama ramping up re-election bid. speaking today in toledo, ohio, he said this: >> despite all the challenges that we face in this new century, we saw three straight days of an agenda out of the last century. it was a re-run. you as well as watched it on black and white tv. [ laughter ] with some rabbit ears on there. [cheers] should have been on nic at night. >> the question: will this new stump speech message resonate with american voters? here now the republic leader of the new jersey assembly, john brahmnic and from charlotte, north carolina, executive director of the young democrats of america. welcome, guys. thank you for being here. emily. >> thank you. >> let me start with you, because i am looking at the speaker's run down for the dnc, i see a president from 35 years ago jimmy carter. i see a president from 20 years ago, bill clinton. i also see biden, pelosi, and reid who have been in washington since

barack obama. it's about policies and-- >>> i tell what you i think, this comes down to hundreds of thousands fewer americans working and $5.4 trillion in debt. gas prices are up. the economy's going to drive the election. >> i hope he will get -- style. >> sean: i have to say goodbye. we are going to listen in now. we have a lot more coming up from charlotte. but here's health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and she delivers her address right here in charlotte. >> 1965 to 1967, my dad served in congress and helped pass landmark laws like the voting rights act. dad later became another great governor of ohio. but one of his proudest accomplishments was when, as a congressman, he helped to draft and pass medicare. today dad's 91 and he's a happy beneficiary of that effort to bring quality health care to every senior citizen. president obama is building on that legacy by bringing quality and secure health care to every american. i was governor of kansas when mitt romney was governor of

michelle obama is speaking tonight.gainst romney -- they should all be careful taking on romney. she will talk about what her husband has done. not the least of which is pay equality. the second most popular politician in the country stoke bill clinton. nobody comes close. no republicans. is michelle obama going to be able to carry the women's message effectively? what do you think? g this entire convention is about a women's message. there is no men here. the liberal platform is more annoying to men than athlete's foot. >> bob: is that snore why is mount rushmore on the stage at all? is that, are they alluding to the fact that president obama desevens to be on mount rushmore? is that what that is? really? >> andrea: mrs. obama is her husband's most effective messenger. interesting to see what she will say to make the case. hope she doesn't stoop to war on women rhetoric. she is travelling around talking about the importance of arugula an organic salmon. hopefully other issues on the docket. >> eric: the most important

obama took her vast national audience into the past. their past, that young couple starting out. >> we learned about dignity and decency. that how hard you work matters more than how much you make. those are the values that barack and i and so many of you are trying to pass on to our own children. that's who we are. >> reporter: and she spoke as only she could, of how the presidency has shaped barack obama. >> after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways i never could have imagined, i have seen first hand that being president doesn't change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. >> reporter: tonight, michelle obama was basking zblau ining n the approval of the crowd here at the convention, but in a wider popularity that's considerably higher than her husband's. her years as first lady, healthy eating advocate, fashion icon have made her a celebrity and more. she had an approval rating of 66% in the recent gallup poll. >> not only do they realize how great she is, but popular now. >> reporter: we

president obama is doing it in the last few years. this is a very important moment for the democratic party to take back those themes, and we're the 99% or 79% we're not margincal. >> eliot: we need to talk about the 99% not in a divisive way. >> that's the way i think we need to do it. >> eliot: the author of "what's the matter with white people" we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >> eliot: during the election season everything gets overly simplified and viewed through the prism of politics. sometimes that includes issues that just don't fit this mode of analysis. that brings us to the number of the day. 350,000. that's how many public school students didn't go to class because of the teacher strike in chicago. and it's

his name is barack obama. i said, i know this sounds odd, but i think he could be president of the out. i now take betty lou to the track. >> david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic inauguration. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> as soon as he can hung up, he said, i know what i want it say. i wrant to wrap my story in the larger american story and for the next three weeks he was writing on little scraps of paper where he went in between campaign stops and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states, red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too. we worship an awesome god in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our library nets red states. >> all of th

obama. [ applause ] >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states, and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. now, folks, in tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk, all about how the president and the democrats don't really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy. this republican narrative, its alternative universe says that every one of us in this room who amounts to anything, we're all completely self-made. one of the greatest chairmen the democratic party ever had, bob strauss, used to say that every politician wants every voter to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself. but as strauss then admitted, it ain't so. we democrats, we think the country works better with a strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it, where the relentless focus on the future with business and go

his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling he could be president of the united states someday and i always joke that he was at the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide taepattent. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to sayment i want to wrap up my story in the american story. for the next three weeks, he was writing on little pieces of paper and he pulled it all together. >> in the red states and blue stalts, red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. i've got news for him, too. we were an awesome guy in the blue states and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red s

obama. he worked for welfare reform and worked with republicans to cut spending and he did not play the kind of political games that president obama is playing. >> i want to review the '90s here, because the '90s described are not the '90s i remember and i was up on capitol hill when president clinton presented a budget that no republican voted for in his first term and there were two government shutdowns because the republicans and the white house could not get together on spending and what a budget should look like and when there was an impeachment process. so this is not some kumbaya time. >> no, it was very tough. >> and very tough time and yet the americans are embracing bill clinton and basically why? >> well, if you are paul ryan you did what i did in the 1990s come up with a serious plan and try to get to a balanced budget and you are invited to a speech where he attacks you publicly, you can't defend yourself. clinton and i fought a lot. the government was shut down twice. we passed

and as taxes going up as they will under barack obama and obama care, we know we paid, way, way too much. florida senator marco rubio spoke eloquently about being the son of immigrants who came to the country chasing the american dream. >> i noticed a bartender behind the portable bar in back of the ball room and i remember my father who worked many years as a banquet bartender. he was grateful for the work he h. that was not the life he wanted for us. he stood behind the bar in the back of the room all of those years so one day i could stand behind the podium in front of the room. [applause] >> it was a powerful speech by marco rubio who is my very favorite rising stars of the republican party and i said for a number of years, keep your eyeos this guy. what he said what so many of us live feel. we grew up in a time when our parents who didn't have much wished and dreamed and hope prayed their kids would have a better life. our parents lived here and dreamed we would live here and most of us have done that. for the first time in american history parents are living here and fearful that t

brewer endorsed president obama inadvertently. >> i know that if president obama is elected in november, which i hope he is, that we'll be able to come together with all of us and come up with a solution. and i believe he will secure our borders. and therefore we can resolve all those other issues as a simple matter. >> wow. that would be quite a shift in opinion after this well-known tarmac moment between governor brewer there and president obama. a spokesperson stepped up in that case as well to clean up the mess. also, look at the pointing finger there. also when president obama weighed in on how mitt romney's business experience would play into the responsibilities of being president. >> if you're a head of a large private equity firm or hedge fund, your job is to make money. it's not to create jobs. that doesn't necessarily make you qualified to think about the economy as a whole, because as president my job is to think about the workers. my job is to think about communities where jobs have been outsourced. >> so you can't lead a country as if you're the ceo of a big business. anyw

call obama. explain it? call clinton."t do you think of how he delivered that message last night? >> it is interesting that the role of the vice president is always on the night of to do a step-by-step takedown of the nominee from the other party. as you said, bill clinton did that over the course of 48 minutes last night. sort of stole the role of joe biden. it will be interesting to see what he does. there has been a thread throughout this, though. michelle obama came out the first night and talked about why she and her husband have lived the american dream. we are you. we don't just feel you. we are you. bill clinton talked about why the other side cannot provide the american dream. now i think president obama will come out tonight and explain why he's the better man to get people to that dream. >> luke, i thought it was interesting last night. the number one word i heard, after the word "i," was bill clinton constantly saying "cooperation." it's a powerful argument because he's talking about an america where we all wor